Fertilizer Application Scheme Ranking System
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of selecting fertilizer products for mixed applications in agriculture, considering application time, crop compatibility, and environmental/economic impact, leads to numerous uncertainties and inefficiencies in fertilizer use.
Innovation Solution
A method that provides a ranked application scheme for fertilizers by combining fertilizer products based on agricultural crop data, application time, and nutrient specifiers, using a database search to match products with efficacy above a defined threshold, and ranking schemes by parameters such as the number of products, efficacy, and residual duration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple fertilizer products are mixed in one application, then the cost of application is reduced and the range of treatments is widened, but the complexity of selecting compatible products increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a database system as an intermediary between the user and fertilizer products. The database stores compatibility information, application times, and crop-specific data, automatically determining which fertilizers can be mixed together. This intermediary handles the complexity of compatibility checking, allowing users to benefit from mixed applications without manually assessing compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating application schemes based on user inputs (crop type, application time, nutrient requirements). The database autonomously evaluates compatibility, ranks combinations by efficacy, and provides ready-to-use recommendations, eliminating the need for users to manually research fertilizer compatibility and optimization.
2Reliability
If fertilizer products are selected based on multiple criteria (application time, crop compatibility, nutrient coverage), then the efficacy and environmental impact are optimized, but the number of possible combinations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the fertilizer selection process into distinct database queries: one for filtering products by application time compatibility, another for matching crop-specific requirements, and a third for evaluating nutrient coverage. This segmentation breaks down the complex multi-criteria selection into manageable steps, with the database systematically processing each criterion and combining results to generate ranked application schemes.
3Measurement precision
If a comprehensive database search is performed to match fertilizers with crop and application time, then the precision of fertilizer selection is improved, but the time and computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-organizing fertilizer product data in a structured database with predefined attributes (application time windows, compatible crops, nutrient content, efficacy ratings). This pre-processing of data allows for rapid querying and matching during actual use, as the database is already optimized for efficient retrieval and comparison, reducing the time required for comprehensive searches.
Data Source
AI summary
Computer-implemented method for determining and providing an application scheme for fertilizers, comprising the following steps: providing agricultural crop data (S10) comprising information about an agricultural crop species sown or planned to sow in a field; providing application time data (S20) comprising information about at least one planned application time of applying fertilizers in the field; providing nutrient specifier data (S30) comprising information about at least one nutrient specifier present or expected in the field; performing a database search in a fertilizer product database (S50) at least based on the provided agricultural crop data, the provided application time data, the provided nutrient specifier data and determining the fertilizer products matching the agricultural crop and the application time and one of the nutrient specifiers, wherein the fertilizer product database comprises information about a plurality of fertilizer products, and wherein the information about the fertilizer products comprises at least information about an application area of each fertilizer product, an active ingredient of each fertilizer product and a suitable application time for each fertilizer product; ranking generated application schemes (S70), wherein the different application schemes (S60) are generated by combining the determined fertilizer products in such a way that at least one nutrient specifier is covered with an efficacy above a defined threshold; wherein the step of ranking is based on one or more of specific statistics per application scheme. and generating control data configured to be used or usable in an agricultural equipment, wherein the control data is based on the highest ranked application scheme, or an application scheme selected by a user.